'Ponzi mastermind' in CBI net again

Representative Image.KOLKATA: The CBI on Wednesday arrested Shib Narayan Das, mentor of Ponzi boss Sudipta Sen and an alleged mastermind of Ponzi operations in West Bengal. Das, was earlier arrested by the CBI in the Ponzi muddle and was out on bail.

He was arrested again on Wednesday along with two more directors of the Silicon Group - Jugal Kishore Gupta and Tushar Jana. They were sent to five days' CBI custody on Thursday.

Das, who had a stellar rise in last five years from being a mere STD booth owner to Ponzi mastermind, was allegedly stashing away Saradha money in other companies. Earlier in 2015, Das - who was also a director of Saradha Realty - was arrested by the CBI.

The CBI investigators have reasons to believe Das was one of the key persons in diverting Ponzi firms' money to the film industry at Tollygunge.